Yesterday was Presidential Inauguration Day in South Africa, which was the biggest event of its kind in the country in the past two plus decades. Of course that isn’t the focus of this post, though — rather it’s to highlight the indescribably mesmerizing formation flying that two South African Airways A340-600s did to commemorate the event.
Here’s a video of the planes flying over the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria:
SAA Airbus and Air Force's Silver Falcons Aerobatics Display team pic.twitter.com/TtWLmeZApY
— SABC News (@SABCNews) May 25, 2019
That’s some incredible airmanship over the stadium. As an aviation geek what I find even more impressive is how the planes maneuvered around Johannesburg Airport. I’ve always thought of the A340-600 as being a rather stiff and “sensitive” plane, though maybe my impression is wrong, based on how they’re flying these.
Seriously, check out these two videos:
#SAInauguration19 #Inauguration2019 #AfricaDay2019 VIEWS!!! pic.twitter.com/PvBfyYe9T3
— Usher at Church of Fassi (@fana_lemane) May 25, 2019
Here’s the official video South African Airways put together about the event:
Watch #SAInauguration19 from the eyes of our pilots as they flew over Loftus today. Your #LookUpSAA moment may be featured as well. #FlySAA pic.twitter.com/rMAjr7gSoP
— SAA – South African Airways (@flysaa) May 25, 2019
And here’s South African Airways highlighting the pilots who operated these flights:
Many are wondering who the crews were that did the flypast at #SAInauguration19 today, well here they are: Hennie Badenhorst, Monde Gxoyiya, Andre Steenkamp, Vusi Khumalo, Mark Dethian, Julian Whitelaw and Pierre Gouws. #LookUpSAA #SAInauguration19 #FlySAA pic.twitter.com/KibmAe7rBE
— SAA – South African Airways (@flysaa) May 25, 2019
Amazing, or what?
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